Knitting-machine.



i, f, RUSH,

'JZUNG MACHINE.

vmmww msi iuLv 22,1916

l ,l 98,280-, Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

5 SHEETSWSHEET 2.

l. A. RUSH.

KNITTING MACHINE.

APPLicAHoN mio JULY 22.1916.

SHETV SHELX in ai: iam was substituted for application Serial No. 18.783, filed April 2. 1915,

'UTED STATES. PATE OFFICE.

JOHN A RUSH. OF GEORGETOWN, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGETOWN FOUNDRY AND MACHINERY COMPANY, LIMITED, OF GEORGETOVIN, ONTARIO,

CANADA.

KNITTING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, i916.

This application, filed July 22, 1916.

Serial No. 1 10,792.

13e il known that l. .louN llusu. :i suhjerl of [he King ol' (ireui. l'uiluin. resilling in (hev rilhige of Georgetown. eounii' oi llnlon. lrovinee of (lninrio. (Einzuln. hure invented eertuin new :ind useful improve` ments in l\'nilting-Mzuhines. ol. whieh the following is :i .speeiiiezil'ion` this uppliezilion heilig iled :is :i suhstii'ule for m ulmu doned zipplieulion. Serizi'l No. lHNl. lill-il .\pril L. llll.

'lhis invention relzlles puilirulurlv lo knitting miehines of the eireulur type :ulupted lo kuil. :i tulmlur fuhrie in whieh pei-indie ehnnges in the form or rihhing of the ful)- rie prm'l'li-e :ire required. lo he manie :mio` mnlienlly. 'l`he purlieuhir embodiment of this type izo whirh my imirovi-ments:ireup1v plied uses rerlirzil double-ended needles. someoperating from :lliure uml the nihers Vl'roni helow the knittingline. some nl' whieh needles require 'Lo be. transferred :It prede.- [ermined'times (,o-eluinge their sphere ol'zuliou` from (opio liotlfom or rire versn.

Important feulures ofy m inreniion :ire

.emhodied in ilumezins for supporlingl :nul

transferringthe needles.

(lllier fenlilres :are the eonslrurlions und :xi'rungemenis u'herein' l sei-ure :i simple nud' reliuhle mnehine ezxpuhlenl' knitting hnsier)Y willi properly lururd'lu-el :ind lue.

'l`he nnu'hine is hereinufer fully desrrilied :nul illustrated in the ureomp:m \'ing drawings in whieh Figure l is :i l'ronlv elevation of my improved murhine; Fig. .3 :i |e :|r elevulionol' purls nl' l-lie sume: Fig. :i phiu .'iew` with the kniiling e \'linders and upper purisfof iluunzirhine removed; Fig. :l :l plun View nl pgilrls of the nnu'hiue showing more parlieother: Fig. 1; :i plun View snowing more purtieuhuly the parts intermediate the two e \'liuders: Fig. 1 3 n plan View pzirtly broken :iwuy :md pmx-lliv in .section showing the needle transferring mnu of the upper cylinder und the ram for throwing hulf the needles uut. of netion during thc knitting of the heel und toe portions of :i sock; Fig. ll n. view showing in front elevation und sepurziled (hea various eums of the ezxln drum; Fig. l :i plnu View of parts of the yarn luke-up whieh romes into operation during (he periodsof uscilhitingrotnry movenieni: of, the c vlim'lers: Fig.- ll-zin enlarged side elevation partly in sertionofvthe work feedin Lr ni'eelmnisni; Fig. 1T :i development of the enms :mdgrooves oi the upper emu wall; Fig. lh :isi'milnr View of the 'Cams and gromes of the lower ezini `\\':lll; 1"'ig. 19 a. plan view oi the rocking ingexfor throw- 'ing niseilles out of :actionone. hy one. illu*- 'ii'g tlufoseilluting rotary movemnt of the \'linders: Fig. '2U :i detail in front elevation nl' parts' or'l .-the. meun's *for putting.

needles in :nul out of :action dmfinghe'turnlng ul' the heel :nul (.oe. portions; Fig. 21

-u detail in side elevation of part of the operating mechanism of the` exim forputtmg the needlesofione half the lower cylinder out ol' :iz-tion prior to the turning of the heel :md loe portions; Fig. .212 :i plain View nl pui-t of the rzun hike-up mechanism; Fig. L :i plain View of the. parts shown in Fig. 2l: Fig. ilirdezlil in plan of part of-the work feeding mechanism; Fig. 25 shows' iu side elerution thew'urious needles :ind jueks mploved in the. machine.; und Fig. 'l :l diagram showing the Varrangement. of lhe needles und jacks in the cylimlers.

lu the. drawings like numerals of refer eiee indient-e roi-responding parts in the different ligures.'

Referring purtirulnrlj; to Figs'. j., 3, 3, i nud l is the, umin shaft, which car Eestivo driving pulleys :t :nul The pulley will lie eluteli couueeted to the. Shaft :is usual, while liuc pulley 3 will be` eomu-.rteii by :iu-:ins of :i speed rexueing geur cmitziined within the pulley .so that for the Saune belt speed. the drive of the xmaehine wil be much slower when the driving holt is shifted from the pulley .5 to (he pulley 23. S this m' chine of the type in which the rotary movement employed while knitting the top and leg,r of the Sock is changed to an oscil lating rotary moven'ient during the knitting of the heel and toe portions, the change of, speed is necessary. Any suitable speed reducing gear might be employed, and none is therefore illustrated as the employmentof such speed changing gear is old in the art.

The countershat't Ll is journaled at .the hack ot the machine, which shaft is geared by means of the bevel gearing 5 to the vertical shaft 6 journaled at the back of the machine. This vertical shaft, by means of the gearing 7, drives the upper cylinder 8, and by means of the gearing l) the lower cylinder l0, and by the gearing 11 the rotary disk 120i" the work feeding mechanism.

The countershaft l is given either a continuous rotary or an oscillating rotary movement from the shaft l by the following mechanism. 0n the shaft 1 is secured a )sprocket wheel lil, which by means` of a Suitable sprocket chain drives the sprocket 1wheel i4 suitably journaled on the frame. iSuitably connected with the sprocket wheel i4 is the sprocket wheel l5, which by mean; of a suitable sprocket chain drives the Sprocket wheel il; suitably journi'iled on the frame ot' the machine. tiuitably iournaled and connected with the sprocket wh Y iii is the sprocket wheel i7 which by means of a suitable sprocket chain drives the sprocket wheel i8, which is secured to a clutch member l) loose on the counterahat't 4. lf this clutch member l) be given a driving con4 nertion with the shaft it in evident that the latter will be given 'a continuellel rotary movenient as long as 'the main shaft is; eontinuously driven.

Vi`he oscillating rotary movennnt ol' the shaft is etl'ected `through the following mech" anism: clutch member fili loose in the countershaft *l has a sprocket wheel 2l se cured thereto. spriicket chain runs on this sprocket wheel 2l and also around a sprocket wheel 235 suitably 0iomnaled at the front of the machine. The Sprocket wheel J6, (see particularly Figs. 3 and 5), carries a headed pin'Lfi, the head of which is adapted tofilide in guides 25 formed on the bar 2G which is adapted to slide on the parallel guide rods 2T, (see particularly Fig. 5.) 'This elidinrr har 2li is suitably seiured at to the sprocket chain The result ot' thin construction is that the rotary movement o? ihr sprocket wheel ll', which is continuously driven ia transformed into a reciprocating movement of the bar li', which imparts a similar movement to the chain. 32, which consequently imparts an ozicillatingr rotary movement to the sprocket wheel il and the clutch member 2() to which it is connected.

The nature of the drive imparted to tlul countershatt al depends on ivhrh oi' the conne i ,leerse chit/ch members 19 and 20 is given a driving Connection with the shaft. The driving tion off either of these with the shaft etliect l 29, which as usual is slidable on the shaft but is rotatable therewith.v 1t this clutch member be shifted to the right to engage the clutch member i9 (see Fig. the counterehatt will be givcna continuous rotary movement. It Iit be shifted to the left to engage the clutch member 20, the countershat't will he given an oscillating rotary movement.

firm/agement of he 'work feed/ng mechmism--lefore considering the parts of' the mechanism specially connected with the knitting operation, will first describe the auxiliary mechanisms of the machine, and at this point it will be convenient to set out the construction and arrangement of the. work feed mechanism, which, as previously Set out, is driven from the vertical shaft (i by means of the gearing Il, and is sup-r ported on the (liek 12,.

The disk l2 suitably journaled on the plate 3U around the edges of an opening therein, theilisli itself also having an opening atI usual tor the passage ot the work. (ln the dish'. standards 331 are `iournaled the Vfeed rollers one of which is pressed toward the other by means of spring actuated piuncers 33 such as: commonly employed'for similar purposes l(see Fig. lo). These rollers at opposite ends are geared together by meani` of the pairs of intermediate gears 2li. This arrangei'nent permits of the separation of the rolle-ris' as Widely HS muy lle necessary without interfering with their drive.

. time of the rollers at one end carries the gear wheel 35, which. meshes with the rear licei xi 'the shaft Il? journali-d ou the 'ndariia 353., and having secured thereto .itermediiite its; ends ay worm wheel 3H. riiiis worin wheel meshes with the worm 3i) vertically journaled on the disk 12 and havine' :ured to its; lower end a gear pinion Jill. lnis gear pinion meshes with the internal annular gear wheel 41, which is loosely journaied on (op oi' the plate 3&0 and is frictionally held .so that normally it docel not rotate, a lai-"alie irirtionalljy' holdin@r the internal gear wheel from rotating; as shown more particulaizy in litiga. .il and lll.

L'l/3 a brake shoe suitably guided on the tramo and having; thc rofl. il Secured therete and extem'iing through :in opening in the cater end of the traine Alil. rl'he outer end of the. frame is counterhored and a plug 4-5 is screwed therein through which the rod #il passes. Coil spring 46 surrounds the rml filland hcara againat the hraln' shoe l2 and against the plug 45. The liu-alie shoe is thus spring: pressed against thc outer rim of the internal gear 4i, and the tension of the .Li by arcane of the clutch member thus kept 0n the work without undue strain,V

and the degree of tensionv may be readily regulated by adjusting the plug 45.

T o enable the work to be pulled back for examination when necessary, the gear wheel 35 instead' of being secured to. the spindle of its roller 32 is loose thereon and is. connected therewith by means' 'of' a ratchet clutch. Iart 194 of the clutch-is formed on the gaair wheel and the movable part 1,95 is slidable on a feather key on the spindle. The parts of thc clutch are normally yieldingly held in engagement by the 'coil spring,r 196, which-bears against the clutch member 195 and a eollar 197 secured to the end of the. spindle of the roller.

(.rmr-ol, mccL/mism.-fl`hc control of the needlesl to effect :the desired changes of needles during),r knitting` is obtained by means of the following" mcchanism: A Cam drum Ll'is secured to a shaft 48 suitably journaled ouV one side of the machine.

These drums are provided with cams to effect various movements as hereinafter described.

:mechanism: A shaft is geared to theV main shaft l by means of the bevel gearing ."il. lhe `shaft extends toward thc'front of (hil umchine and has the cam lSecured thereto. comici-.ting rod 53 is provided with thc forked end 54 embracing this cam as shown` so that an cndwiscmorena-nt of the connecting rod toward the left of {"ig. 1 is cllcrted by thc rotation of the rain. The litllin monnik-nt is effected by rut-.ans of the coil springr SI5. one endgnf which is secured to the connecting rod 'and the other to thiI frame of tlul machine. 'l`liirj rimncrting rod :121 has ils other cnil pivoteil tb thc link 5l', conncrtrd to the spindhijournalcd parallt-l and :miliari-.nt to the shaft lh'. A\ (log journaled on the salue pivot as the com uci-ting rodiz'i-l so that the/dogg partakcs of the saunniovi'nu-nls as the rouncrtiug rod. The log 5H ridi-s; on thc teeth of a ratchet wht-cl .79. which is loosely journali-d on the cud ol' the shaft-LH. Through thc medium of the lofi .7N an intermittent move-.inout of the ratrlu-t wheel is obtained. cach rotation of the vshall. .'U causing th(` ratchet wheel to more lludistanrc of one tooth.

sprocket wheel (lll is suitably ronncrlcd lo the ralrlnt wht-el 5f) so as to rotate ilu-ri with. (ln (his sprocket wht-cl is hung-5 thc sprorki-t chain (l. the lower cnil of whirh niay lal gnidrd by lucanSjii-ol4 the idh-r il?.

()n the saune shaft is alsosecured the drum 49.V

This sprocket chain has cani lugs 63 projecting therefrom at predetermined positions. Riding on the sprocket chain is one end of the bell crank lever (i4. suitably pivoted ou the frame ofthe machine. T he. other end of this bellcrank lever has the finger 85 pivoted thereon, the other end of which is in a position to be engaged andl lifted by any one of a series of pins (36 secured to the side of a ratchet Wheel G7, which is secured to the. shaft 48. The pins correspond`in position to the cam lugs (3 3. W ith this ratchet Wheel 'the dog- 68 is adapted to.

engage, this dog being pivoted-v on the same pivot as the dogr 58. The'end of this dog (38 is sufficiently broad to rest on the end of the finger G5 when the latter is raised by Vone of the pins GG, as shown in Figz 1. While in this position, as the 'connecting rod a3' reciprocates, the dog,y (i8 move; idly back and forth on top of the linger (l5. As soon, how` ever, as oneof theJv lugs -(33 passes lbeneath the end of the bell crank lever 6.4, the finger (i5 is drawn back and falls ott' the pin (l, i

with which it is enga-ged, thus allowing;r thedog GS to engage the ratchet wheel .(37. As the dog (38 is recil'n'oeated -it movestl-nis ratchet wheel (37 one tooth at a 'tiine'u'ntil the next pin GG raises itto the position` illus-v trated, when the movement of "the ratchet; wheel, and consequently ofthe-drnfms` 47 and 49, stops. (.'umf/f: of motionam/ Awpi'efl 1w which controls the changesfroniQ-rotary `to oscillating. rotary movement-fof?the,counterf shaft 4 is effected frein "the zcani-i'lru-n 4U lby thc followixig'gr nleansz.. Afsliding; liar (il) is suitablysupported at the` rear off'the ,machine adjacL-.nt-the rountenihaftl. This slid'- inf;r bar has secured theretdhthe clutch shifter, il), which cngagesthe sliding clutch uun| her 2U in the usual manner; 'lhe slidiugbar i lf-l also has si-.c'urcd thi-.reto a. pair of arms 'Til at dili'rrcnt levels, as Seen more 'part-icula'rly in Fig. l. A pail-'of ram projcct'iou il a rc Secured on a slccvcjl'?. longitudinally movable. on but rotatable with the vertical A .suitable feather-lmy'conncrtion is all that is necessary for this purpose. lt is evident that b v shifting this sleeve that thil ranr projections il may be. ln'oujghtintd position to engage either oni` o'f thc arms Til and that the sliding har (El will 'be moved in one direction or the other to engage thc rlutcli member 2S) with ritlur one or other of the clutch members lil and 2U. 'l`hc sleeve TL', is moved by nii-ans of the Vshifter lcvil 74, one cud of which is adapted lo rugagic/ with the shifter in the usual inauuer. whih` lhcother cnil lies in the path of. the ram projcrtious 75 ou the drum if?.

lhu-h tiu'ar a rain projection passi-s under Ihr rnd of tlul aria Tl. thc lcwr is rurlu-d lo raise ilu' ghmr i2 to causa; tho am pruji-rtion 7l thereon to come into a position to engage the lower arm 73 and thus move the bar (39 tocanse the shifter 70 to throw the. sliding clutch member 29 into engagement with the clutch member 20, thus elleetingl an oscillating rotary drive of the cylinders.

After one of the cam projections has passed from under the end of the lever 74. the latter returns to its normal position, and the sleeve 7L' is moved to restore the parts to their normal position in which the e'l-uteh meniber 25) is in 'engagement with the eluteh member 19 and -continuons rotary movement is imparted to the. .o vlinders.

During the times of Aoseillating',r rotary movement of the. eylinders, it necessaryl as before. stated, to reduite. thev speed of the drive, whieh iselfeeted by shift-ing the. dri ving bolt from the pulley i to the. pulley Il; This shift is ell'erted hiv the following meehanism: A beltshifter Tl' is adapted to slide on the. rods Ti suitablyseeured to the frame of the maeliine. This belt shifter is provided with the. shifter lingers Th'. Mounted on the shifter are two plunge-.its Til. eaeh preferably formed with an'enlargedcylindrical headSU. These. plungersare .redueed' in diameter be.-

low tl1ernpper ends` as shown partieularly in ["ig. il, forming'shoulders. Against enrh shoulder hears a eoil spring Sl. the other end of which bearsagziinst :i shoulder formed at the lower end of the. e 'lirulriral.hole in the plate. in whieh the plunger slides.V 'lhese eoil springs normally tend =t'o raise. the' plnn'gers to projert their upperends 'above the. rfaee of the -shi-fter. 1f either 'of the iliinfers la? de ressed so that its ui )en end l l s l v is substantially (lush with the upper surface. of vthe shifter.v itsheailil will he. projectedv into the path-of the eainiihwvliirh is seenred to the .eon'ntershaft l. This eam is shaped in plan as shown most elearly in dotted lines in l `igh. (ne side. of'the. eain willtherefore engage. one. plunger and-the other side the other plunger. the plunger he pushed down'snllieiently far to bring its head-into proper relationship to the cam. The shifter will thus be. .moved to one side. or the. other aeeording to 'whieli plunger is depressed.

rlhe plUgers-'are depressed by the. follow"- ingv meeluinizsnr:l rThe. slide 43 is mounted -in suitable guide ways, to slide on the. shifter 7G. lnitahly mounted on this slide are. the

inrlinel planes 8 4 faeing in opposite. direc` tion and soun-what oll'set sothat when one `is moved todepress one plunger` the other clears the. opposite plunger and allows it tol rise.

The. slide. is moved longitudinally to aetuale. the planes. and eonsequently theY plnngers, h v meansof the roel; shaft Si. to whirh is seeured the rin-li arm SG pivotallv eouneelrd h v means of the. pin with lhe outer end ol the slidi` Sil.- 'l`his roel; shall. S is suitably jonrualed on the frame ol' the machine and its other end carries the roel( arm 3S, which is preferably provided with an antiffrietiou roller-85),'whieh lies in the paths of the cam projeetions J0 on the cani drum l5). rlhese. rams are arranged to alternately push the roek arm 8S to one sideor the other., thus rocking the shaft 8:3 and letleetingV the shifting of the belt through the inders is' and `lU are. provided wilh alined vertieal grooves Jl in whieh grooves the needle jaeksA 32' and non-tninsferring needles are adapted to slide, (see partienlarly Figs. ll` 13. 1 3 and 2:3). these jacks are. adapted to 'ear-ry the donbleended needles 93. 'lhe needle-earrying jaeks are. provided with the heels lll and 95, the. heels Jl being adjaeent "the needletransferring, as'

Certain of engaging ends of the. jaelts and Vthe heels 9o 5H adjaeent the lrutt ends` of thejaeks. '.lhe heels of the needle-earrying jacks run in thel ram grooves of the eem walls Sl() and 1V( surronmlingr the cylinders as shownjas in the heels of the. non-.transferring needles 95 f as hereinatter dcserihed.

The. 'following is the arrangement of the.

xnfedles1: i nd ine-ks inthe-eylindersfwhich arrangementi-is indieated diagrainni'atieally in Fiji., 2K3: The right hand side in this lg- 510W.

nre `sl-.o'\vs thoaringement 'oftheneedles of the front halves oflthef.eylinilers, and lthe part to theleft the arrangementof'the needles of the. haelt halves of the cylinders. It.

will he. noted tha-(fin the upper cylinder al- 165' ternaiteV grooves'. are 'fitted with jaeks 'l`hese laelis ea.rr no'lneedles` lmtnre. provided with the projeeling lingers 10() the saine as the needlefearryingA aeks. These.

psojerting`r lingers form latch glia rds 'for tl i e. no

needles of the lower grooves aliued with the jaelcs (f operate.

At the hach half ofthe upper eylinder eylinder operating in between the. grooves occupied by tliejneks 115 l', the jaeksf/.and i. are. alternated`- the difference between the two jacks being; that the heels are longer 'than the heels 95". for a purposewhiehwill hereinafter ap'- At fthe.' front of' the cylinder the 120 pear. grooves alternatingY with those. oeeupied by the. iaeks l; aie alternately provided withthe jacks e and the single einlei'l needles (L The.' iai-ks 1' are provided with the long heels U3". while. the needles'n. whii'h do not tllUS- 125v fer are not provided willi heels eorrespondin;r lo the heels i, lint only wil-litho heelslll.

ln (he lower eylinder. iii lhe front half of the v vlindrr the arrangenu-nt ol the jnrlisand needles is' as follows: lilst a jack then 130 the grooves in which a non-transferring needle d, then a iai-Lr f, then a non-transferriug needle, f/.vtlien a jael b and so on. 1n the haeli. the arrangement is first a jark y, then a needie The liarks are of course. e|n ployed opposite. non-transferring needles u'. of the upper eylinder. 'l`he nontrans ferring needles I and e are earh provided with lower heels'tl and with the upper heels 94, as are. also the jacks and y, the differenre being that in the needles t and jaeks f the heels are longer than in the needles e and jaeks (1, the longer heels heing` it will he seen, at the front half ot' thev cylinder so that the nontransferring needles and the iaek-rarrying needles may be thrown out of action for one half the eirenmferenee of theilower cylinder as hereinafter appears. Y

Each jack is provided with a hook JS adapted lto hook over the hook ol' a needle. Facingtho hook is the shoulder 0S) suliieiently spaced therefrom to allow the hook 9S to move toa position over the hook o1' the needle. Beyond the hook the ends ol the jacks are extended as fingers 10() of less width than the main part of the jaelc. A jack disengaging ring 101 is supported be.A tween the two cylinders on an annular plate 102,' which is mounted to oseillatahly rotate on.- the collar 103 carried by the lower Ignitting eylinder, (see particularly Fig. 11.) Both vthe upper and lower edges of this disengagingfring, it will be noted.l are beveled iip-vardly'so that when av jack is pressed up itis end .villeng'age and ride out over this ring, as' shown iii the lower -part o ["ig. 11, thus disengaging the hook 98 from the hook ofi-.tel needle. The shoulder 9S) still engages the e'nd of the needle as the jaok is pushed inrit/ind thus forees the hook at the other end off the needle. to ride by the hook 518 of the 'q'iperlj'aek until the hook of the needle passes behind it andthe latter is free to he drawn inwardly to engage beneath the hook of the needle. The jacks hetween the heels are relieved or rut away at lill on a taper to allow them to roi-li snliiriently without interfere-nee with the sani walls 0i", and 51T.

Y `i1e jaelis are 'vvieldingly pressed in\\-'ardly by means of the eoil springs 101 drawn tiglitlvarolunl the lower end of the. upper eyliuder and upper end of the lower rylinv der outside the arles. 'l`lius by moving any given i:afli toward the oppositil ryliuder1 any given needle may he pushed up to he, engaged lrv'tlnA alined .iarlt of the. opposite. eylinder. A'llie lingers 100` il; should la, noted. serve also as latrh guards for the needles of the lower eylinder operating in. grooxes alined therewith. 'lhe ilu-.aus for ellevting this endwistA movement of the iarlis :it a given time will now lie desrrilwd. 'lille rain walls4 o" whirh developments are shown in Figs. ii and lbf are provided'wilh groove:

in whirh the heels .ll and $15 of the jacks travel. Referring partieularly to l"ig. 17` wliirli is a de.'elopment of thev ram wall ol' the` upper cylinder, 105 is what may he termed an intexnu-diate groove. ln part of this groove1 the upper heels of iat-.lis earrying needles whirh are. knitting and the upper heels of non-transferring needles run prior to reaehing the knitting point. 1 similar groove llll is provided for the heels lll. t i

107 and 105 are the knitting ram grooves, knitting taking place while the heels ot' iaeks and needlesare passing throughthe portions 10U and 110 of the grooves in which the jacks, and consequently the needles ear-v ried thereby, as well as non-transferring knitting line.

larts of the grooves 105 and 106 form by-paths past the knitting eam grooves. The

jacks are guided so that their heels travel alongr either the knitting grooves or the bY- position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 13,

the heels 04 do not engage'the earn and the needles are drawn farthest away from the heels 94 and 95 will travel through the bypaths formed b y the grooves 105 and` 10G. 1t will be noted that' a'fter the jaeks have been moved to the knitting position by the portions and 110 of the knitting cam grooves, that they are returned to the groves and 10G, so that the-cam 111 has absolute control of the jacks to sendthein with their heels in either the intermediate' or the knitting grooves. Y

The eam 111 is operated in a manner and at sueh tunes as hereinafter described. The

intermediate cam grove 105 has a Cain 112 located therein at a position internnaliate the portion 10i) and the. position oem by the eam '.111 and movable to am1 't position to engage the heels 05.

is arranged to throw down the heels of jacks traveling in the nou-luiittiug groove 105 sullu'lently far to cause the Jael( or jacks so moved'downward to transfer their needles to corresponding jaelis of, tholower rylinder. A fter passing down theI uam 112,

the heels 15 travel alongthe path 113 a short.

distanee to give time for the transfer of the iwedles` and then pass up the inrluied plane l l-l hael to the. nonfltnitting eam groove 10Hv l,

lu line with the path 1155 and the iurlined plane lll. tln under side ol.' tlu. groove 10i? is rut away as indirated at 115' to enable the heels ruiming in the groove 101' lo pass clear ol' the groove during the. changing ol' The cain wall of the lower cylinder ot" w iich a developi'nent is shown in Fig. '.18 is provided wit-li a non-knitting lrroove 11o and a non-knitting pathway 11i ni which the heels of the jacks and needles ol'` the lower cylinder may' run. The pathway 117 need only be af rib on which the heelsniay rest and not necessarily a `groove, as the weight of the jacks and needles tends to hold heels on therib.

118 and'119 are knitting cani grooves, each provided with two knitting rains, both of which are operative during the oscillatineF rotary 'movements of the cylinders and only one during the continuous` rotar),l inovenient of the cylinders :is is common in cirr cular knitting machines. These knitting cams are respectively nuiiiliers 120, lil, 12;' and 123, l

The pivoted gate 121 forms the control which determines which of the pairs of knit.- ting grooves is operative. l'Vhen the jacks are traveling from the direction indicated by arrow, the heels traveling iii the groove 119 will, if the gate he in the position shown in dotted. lines, strike'. the said gate and move it to the position shown iii full lines, thereafter traveling dowii around the ltnitting cani 120.- Vlhen, as occurs during' the periods of oscillating i'otai'y iiioveiiient, the Jacks travel alternately in opposite directions along the groove 119, the cani. is roi-lied from oneside to the other by the heel of the leading jack, so that pairs of knitting cains 120-122 and 121-,-123 hec-ome alternately operative.

The lower cani 'wall is also provided with a movable inclined cani 125, which is so placed that it inay he engaged by the heels of' jacks passing around the groove 118. This cani 125 movable radially to and from a position to engage the heels of iaclcs in a similar manner to the Canis 111 and 112 as hereinafter more particularly described,

The cainlfi is located in alineinent'with cani l 12 as the shifting oi' needles takes plaee at the saine position toward the back of the machine for either cylinder. The jack heels passing up the inclined cani 125 travel along the path 126 a sufficient distance t-o give the needles time to transfer. The heels then travel down the inclined plane 127, which nist-ores the jacks to their normal position alter transferring, with their heels in aline nient with the non-knitting groin@ 116 and pathway 17,

Before describing the manipulationof jacks and needles during the knitting of lli the 65.to'e and heel portions of the soclr, it will he well to describe the niethod of operation of will also he assumed that the sock of ay size to require sere two needles. The. cycle of operations starts with the oiie-aiid-one rib. '.lhis means that 36 needles are in the upper cylinder and 3G in the lower cylinder, the

arrangement bring alternate. see Fig. 25, foralternate needles of the 36 in `tlie upper cylinder are provided with long` heels, which are indicated by the reference nuiiieiral 95 (see Figs. 13 and The remaining' jai-lcs li, see lfig, 25, for one-half the rirrniiiference olfthe upper r.-'linder are provided with shorter upper heels indicated by the reference character 95". lThe jacks of needles for the rrniaiiiini,r one-half oi' the cylinder which alternate with the jacks carrying Ythe heels 95, are without upper heels at all, or heels too short to he engaged by the cani 112.

1f therefore when the cylinders are' in continuous rotation knitting the one-aiid-oiie rili, the cani 1l2'is pushed into the position shown in full lines inflfig. 13, the heels 95a will be engaged h v the cai'i'i and their jacks carried down 'to transfer the needles carried thereby to vthe lower cylinder as hereinbefore described. This results inalternate needles Yot the upper cylinder being transferred to the lower cylinder. leavingr eighteen needles iii the upper eylil'ider and giving fifty-four needles in the lower cylinder. This results iii the knitting of a three-andone ril). This knittingr goes on untilv the heel is reached.

The cani 112 is then pushed into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 13. This engages theI` upper heels 95" and results in all the remaining needles for one-half of the circuin'l'erence of the upper cvlinder being The jacks y,

transferred to the lower cylinder, making plain knitting for one-half the lcircumference of the sock, the three-andone rib being continued through the rei'nainder of the circui'iit'erence as nine needles a (see Fig. 25) st ill remain in the upper cylinder. The jacks which have been transferred remain in nonknitting position iin/til r stored-*oy the push of the opposite jacks when needles are being' rig-transferred. lhe turning of the heel now eoinn'iences as will be hereinafter described, the nine reiiiaiiiing heels in the upper cylinder being held out of action hy the withdrawal of thrcai'i'i 111. Burnier and after the turning of the heel, the position of the needles remains unchanged` nine only remaining in the upper cylinder, these being returned to action after the heel is turned by the can; 11.1 which is returned to normal position. when the toe is reached the turn- 5 down the groove of the cam 121.

in,"r again commences as hereinafter described, and, after turning, the cam 125 is pushed in sufiiciently tar to engage the heels of the jacks f and g, sec liig. 25, of the. lower cylinder, restoringthe necessary needles to the upper cylinder toenahle the knitting of a 'one-and-one ril to be commenced, after which the cycle off operations commences over again. As there is no need for a. selective. transfer of needles from the lower. cylinder to the npper, the heels 95 of the jacks of the lower cylinder otA needles which have to he transferrial may be all of the same length.

Turf/ling of Hu: heel mul 150e. The turning otv the heel and toe is effected hy means of the. following constructions2- Between the knitting cams 121 and 122i a dog 12h' is pivoted, the. end thereof being notched in such a way that no mat-ter what position shown in Fig. 18 the docY occupies` it will he. in a position to catch the heel of any jack traveling alonlgr the groove 113, assuming the dog;r to he pointed toward the direction in which the iai-l; is traveling. The dog rests'against the corne-rs of the blocks forming,r the grooves andcani paths as shown. i

()n reference particularly to Fig. '20, it will he seen that the pivot 15() ofthe dog,- 12S has a lng secured thereto. 'l`o this lugr is secured one end of acoil spring 152, the other end of which is vsecnri'id to a suitable stationary part. The point of' connection of the spring is so located lthat as the dog 12S rocks the coil spring1 crosses from one side to the other of the center of Athe. pivot so that the single spring will tend to yieldingl'yV hold the. dog 12H in either olf the positions shown in Fig. 1S.

Between the cams 120 and 121 a finger 129 is jonrnaled. This finger is provided with a forked end 13() of sufficient width to engage the heels of two adjacent jacks. This linger is so proportioned and located that when rocked from one sideto the other it will engage the lower heels of the two jacks and draw the jacks down sufliciently fa r to draw their upper heels down past the pivoted gate 124 vand down into the groove of the cam 120, assuming; the initial posi-tion to be that sho-wn -in full linesl in Fig. 18. lf the initial position he that shown in dotted lines, the movement is in the rever direction, and the upper heels of the jacks are carried Above the. gate 124 a gap 1?;1 is formed in the path 11T to permit of the heels of jacks passiincT from the groove, 1li) to the. path il? and vice versa. similar gap lili is formed in the dividing ril; between the grooves 11G and 11S to permit the passage of the lower heels from the groove to the groove 116 and .'ice versa.

'l`o the right of the knitti Lf cam ll will he secu a pivoted cam linger 135i which may be rocked up or down to move jacks from engagement with the non-*knitting grooves to the cam grooves and vice versa. During the. turning of the heel and toe, the knitting cylinders are oscillating and only one-,half ofthe needles of the lower cylinder are in operation. The remaining half must there fore be thrown out of operation. This is cficcted hy rocking the cam finger 133 to the position shown in dotted lilies in Fig. 1S.

'.lhe jacks for onehalf of the circumferv ence of the lower cylinder are provided with elongated upper heels 91 so that when the finger 133 is moved to the position shown in dotted lines, only the jacks carrying these elongated heels are raised to run on the nonknitting;r pathway 117, thel remainder, except as hereinafter described, continuing to rnn in the knitting grooves 118 and 11th A gap 121i. is 'formed in the rib separating the grooves 116 and 118 imn'icdiately below the finger 133 to permit of the lower heels olf the jacks raised by the linger 133 passing from one groove to the other. iVhen the finger is raised to the elevated position, it will engage the elongated heels of the previously raised jacks and rex-transfer them to the knitting,r cam grooves. The means for etlecting` the movements of the cani finger 133 will be hereinafter descrihed,and ,also the means for actuating the finger 129. A guard 135 is located over the gap 131 to prevent jacks lifted bythe dog 19.8 fromV throwing: np too'far,"tlie l, upper heels'of these jacks engaging said guard.`

' The mode of operation of the'p'arts de scribed is as follows: During the continuons rotary movement of the cylinders, the jacks move in the direction indicated by theJ an row, the gate 121 being in the position shown in fnll lines and the dog' 128 in the position shown in dotted lines. The heels of each jack then pass along the grooves 11Sy and 11S). The cams 120 and 122 arcnthen active in knitting.

As soon as the oscillatingr rotary move ment begins` all the knitting is done in the lower cylinder and all the needles in the upper cylinder must thenv be idle. To effect this the cam 111 is withdrawn so that the heels of the upper needles a (Fig. 13) are no longer directed up to the groove 108, lint are alloivedto travel in. the groove 10G, which maintainsthem idle. The pivoted cam linger 1355 is at the same time operated to throw the. needles of one-half of the circumference of the lower cylinder into inoperative position. The heels of the jacks and needles c and y] 2(3) remaining in the lower cylinder then reciprocate in the grooves 11S and 119. lll-ach time. however, a change in the direction of movement takes place. the heel of the first jack or needle traveling in the groove 11S is engaged hy the dog 12S which automatically rocks upward Under the pressure exerted by the heel. and thus raises the jack or needle sulliciently high to briner the lower heel intoa 'position to travel in the groove 11o while the upper heel is lifted past the grate 124 to ride in the pathway 117.

Assuming the original position of the dog to be that shown in full lines in Fig. 1H, it

non' drops over to the position shown in dotted lines readvto catch the heel of the Al'irst jack or needle which reaches it after the direction of movement of the jacks has changed. The end needles of those which areknittin,r the heel are thus thrown ont of. action one byone. 1t will benoted of eonrse that the gate 124 alternately changes its position as contacted by jack` heels so that the gap for the passage of the upper heelsof jacks raised by the dog' 128 is always in the right position. `When the wheel is half turned, about halt a dozen needles are still knitting. 1t is now necessary1 to complete the turning of the heel, to begin to throw the needles into action again until the needles for one-halt of the full circumference of the lower cylinder are again knitting. r1`his is effected by means of the tinger 129. Y v- Assinning the finger to bein the position shown in full lines in Fig. L8, thejacks are traveling in tl'ie'directmn indicated by the arrow. As soon as the leading two jacks lia-ving their lower heels .running inlthe groove 11G` reach the proper position, they eng-aigle the il'iger 12.) which has been rocked .by

path, and the two jacks continue the rocl ing.)r and are moved down by the finger. The gated 124 will then be in the position shown .in full-lines, and the upper heels, as the jacks are forced down by the finger 129, will be engaged by the lnder. side ofthe gate andl travetdown past the gate and down the cam 1?()1 while tlie.tingex"129 swings into the position shown in dotted lines.

l'1t will be I ioted that the linger 12S has heen previously rocked to the position shown in dotted lines by its engagement with the first of the jacks still iu thel knitting position1 so that it' lies in` the path of the lower heels of Vjacks being moved down to a'knitting' posit-ion by the combined action of the fiiiger 129 and the Vfate 12%A A notch 1-.l is therefore formed in the side of this dog, see particularly Fig: l), which permits of the passage of the 'neel down past the knitjv ting cam 122. The result of this arrange mentis that during each movementof the knittingcylinders in either direction. one needle thrown out of action and two brought into action, a gain of one thus being made at each movement. This 4gain een tinnes until all the needles are again in ac tion, 'when the movement of the linger 129 'neans hereinafter described into their `along the line of the turn.

Alter the tnrniner of the heel or toe portion the continuons rotary movement of the Cylinders recommences with all the needles in action, thc cam 111 'and the camlingcr 1335 being:r moved. .'as herr-.inbefore set ont, torestore the needles' to their proper kuit-ting` positions for the foot after the heel is turned and for the cutlj' after the toc is turned.

(faul-rol mcclumwismfor 11u/:wolf: www (rml are shown particularly in Figs. 3, 4, and l-l.- The cam projections 1257 on the drinn t7 serve to actuate the lever 138 .fulcrnmed on` vthe spindle 57 (seejmrticnlarly Fig. 2).

'l`he other end of this lever is so positionedv that it may engage and push the projection 13S) on the ring H0, thus turning the' ring slightly to the rig-ghi in Figa. On this'ring 14') is pivoted the rocking pin 141 which is yieldingly held so thatI it projects radially by means of two -coil springs 142 connected to opposite sides of the rocking p'inia-nd the ring 140. Normally this pin is out of the. path of a cam projection 14.34 secured to the verticall shaftt. 1V hen, however, the ring is pushed to the right,'the pin' comes' into" the. path of the earn projection 143 so thatv 'I thea-ing will be -inoved each time the' cani-V projection oscillates from one side to the other as it does during the oscillating knitting movements ofthe cylinders. The ringgr is thnsrgiven a short oscillatingrotary move-v ment, the' amount of which is determined by one of the two stops 144 lconnected to the top of the frame of the machine and extending into the path of the projection 145 on the ring and by the projection T13-S) cngaging the endof the lever 138.

When the movementof the ringl is stopped by the projection 1-15 engaging one ofthe Stops 144. the cam projection 143 slips b v the rocking pin 14d7 which7 as before stated, if: only yieldingly held by the springs 142. '1`he cam projectionthus passes by the piu and is 'positioned to engage it on theopposite side .for theretnrn movement. A

When 'oscillatingr rotary movement of the knitting cylinder ceases. the cam projeciion 137 releases the lever' 133 so that the ring will be moved sutliciently far by the last oscillating movement of the cam projection 143 to clear. the path of the cam projection, the other stop 141 limiting the movenientj and the cani projection thereafter r0- tates contixiuonsly without contacting with the rockinglpin 1.41. It will be noted that the projection has a. cavity formeiL there' in which engages the lower end of the. rawhing arm 1467 which actuates the roi' zing: fitr ger 129, see Figs. l and Q0. This` roelt ai iii 146 is loosely journaleol on the pivot of the finger 12) andfon the pivot of the linger itin is secured a lug 147. The arm llo has two projections 148 formed thereon.y one at each side, of the lug 147 and spared therefrom. .i coil spring 149 is secured to the luf: l i7 anti to thel arm 146, so that as the finger 122i rorltffrom one Side to the other the mil spring; will cross from one side to the other of the center on which they finger rocks. From this: construction it follows that when the. rock arm 146 is moved to the left, having' reference to Fig. 20, the left hand projertion 148 will engage, the lug! 117 to push the latter to the right to move the finger 129 into 'the path of the heels of the jacks :is hereiiiliefore described. The jacks continue the movement of the linger until the spring; 145i Crosses the center. when the tension of the spring will snap the lug` 147 and with it the linger 129 to the limit of its motion to the right :intl therefore to a position in which when the rorhY arm 14-(3 is nioi'eil iii the reverse diret-.tion the lug 147 will he engaged hy the right haiiil projection llt? :intl the reverse movement started to he rouln'iieii by the` heels of the jat'lis until the spring again crosses hach past they renter and the luy; 147 and linger 129 are snapped 'haelt to the left. A comparatively liiiiitetl nievement of the ring' 140. it will he seen, is sul cient to effect the preliminary iiioveiiieiirf: of the linger 129.

()n the tlruin 47 l also forni Cani projeetions i. These ram projections are adapted to engage one entl of the bent lever 15% joul'naled on the spindle 57. The upper end of this lever is pivotallv connected with one end of the eonnerting rod 155. The other end of this Connecting rod is pivotall;7 eoir nerted to one end of :i hell eranlt lever lili suitablyv fulerunied on a beai ing 15T secured on the cani wall of the upper o vlintier. The other end of'tliis bell rank lever is eounerted hy means of a pin and slot connection with the outer end of a slide rotl 15S adapted to slitle through a suitable bearing: eonneetml `.vith the said cam wall. The inner enti 'if this slide rod carries the cam 122. i roll spring hears against. a, shoiihler of the bearing of the slide rod airl against Vthe hell rrank lever 155, thus tending to Withdraw the cam from its operative position. The. function of the cam projections on the drum 47 is therefore onlv to move the Coin inw wardly toward the knitting cylinder the re verse movement heilig vlfeeteil h v the spi-in".

It will lie noted on referente particular-ii' to Fig. 1l that one of the @am projeotions 153 is lower than tho other. Consequently one of the tur.

if) ijn* 'jimi une" oviini' slistanm thuntho otli iv mini, and rorsroaientl-i; the ram may lie. museo, io i @engage the long heels 95'* of thiy upper pirla unil suliistantiztllv the. shorter im. :is liereiiihefore dest-liberi to eliw prono ysive. transfer of neeillii;

` if.; the loiier afylintler.

'the ilr= am; has formeel thereon the inn; gi'iijeitiiiu Htl. 'this cam pre @Minn is ailapml io engage one vini of a l ver loi). lfhe other einl of this lever i" oli-.lijf motief-reel with one emi of n. ronnie-.1 ing); rofl Ill'ii. the other enti of which is pi otallj.' roiineiite with :i hell Crank le er 162. 'lhie hell iaiiinlt lever operates tliomoif., aiile inrlinerl e-.iiii 'li through the iiietliiiin olf similar parte to those rfirrying an* op eratinggj he r: i12 as illustrated partit i lari)4 in Fig'. loA whtli ma)` lie, referreil to from iin :iiiiiI as ilustriitingf the preferred construction for art uaiini; the rain, 125.

thi the ram ilroiii "i7 vi also form the cani projection lii adapted to engage one ont?, n on the spinW pivot if 1i lient lever, l fulrruiiieo ille L'i'i'. The other eno allv eosin/.UM 'iiiih one emi if ii. f

Y iii.; Helio; por! of whirh iis ('Ull llii mi #lion 5 having' two trapt.' 159 lhisraain projection 14553 eiigrati-i one er' ihe lient lover 170., the4 upper .f ntl of n" h is piu "ally eomieete ith then-inne infrofllil lienheren ioii is piroiallif onor-@teil willi one er ,stille L3 sizitiihly supported to s iii., the upper `itin wal ami i. irrying at ita; enti he iiiihnwlnini i ll.. lfziri the ol' roniiiiiioii-i rol: ry ltniiiiiig this helrl in operativr pomlion. Al, :he gir. of oet-illumini; rotary knitting'. the i l allow the. lever lil) to rook to permit :fam .lll to lie withdrawn by the, :iatiiii if will the .sprintf l'i'i to allow jaeks of he, ai l ij'lincler to follow the. 'fi'.iirinitt-ingf @maires n P' instemt ol th. knitting eain grooves a here This` spring 174. i he iiihefore ilescrihf'gtl.

'rangiert iii the saine manner thi ''ifi shown in ainneeiion with the ii .Hi8 at the upper part of Fig. 13.

Yom. .1L i/Lw, nu '.1' 'ima/fiorimtfwl)uiting tine pm i'ioils of ofirillztting' nitriry knitting tli necessarily sliiekens hiring the. inter which owfii lirlweeii the time of ciiahg'i i inoveisiifni aiii lilo :aininionienieiit of lul ihioiiu'li the warn ruido 176 saitahli snm 1,1; eenen vlooien after the mini of the erop iis-ff secured to the lower cam Wall, as shown more particularly inFgs. 2 and 12. he eollar lo?) on which the annular it 'i snieiviy .supported rotates with the lower in; mae/hina linden the plate also teneis to rotate eye @Il v,l rotate im'iQ eiiiqipeifi hereinbeh en eye at fore described. Cimsequently during the *om the i iilaingf rotary inmanente of the cylinimparted to the ming the aontinuoa rotary moveiena ring moves to its ion and stays there. eared io the collar 1li-' is a curved we lofi similar uiirveil guard 190, but emr-ia hat shorter, i@ leznefi to the plate 102 ha continuelle rotary einem of he @und i', he annular plate movi io close op the gap between the two :o that in effect :i Continuons guard, is 'iiie nnotxon of this guard is to g nl. the latches of the needles dropping foo vom :i as nach guarde are Commonly fieri no epee ie lieseription or illustrai of 'rile inode of operation is necessary. During? the oeoiiiating rotary knitting the needle iamfhee have to drop alternately at and clears oppoeite sides of ilie knitting position. It he rake s 7i will he noiofi that the movement ofthe kulte ting eyliniiere in the iire'iotion opposite to the arrow in igig. vfiii at once open up a 15a p between the guards 189 and 190, provid- :gr proper space at the proper time to allow the latches o?" the needles to fall at that side of the knitting poni ion.

the mode of operation has heen very A fulijv' described in Connection with the den p serigifion of" the construction of the various einen in me parte. the ge al operation of the machine von oeiavee 1 ille i rn, :md the 'foto nemici fie e Arijnndevstoofi Without any n l; 'l ,i further speri lgeneral oe oription thereof.

s-Vheil omino as my invention is:

i. in a` knitting machine employing superimposed imtary cylinders provided with aimed vertical rffroovee, the combination with the lower evlinder of ii surrounding sain Wall proiiiied with knitting cam uw mi: grooves. a lower non-lnitiing groove and an o 'thi anni .Joilaz opper nonfknitting pathway about the up inkoop firm. i?" f per earn groove; needlewarrying jacks pro- ;ler tifoeion, tends vided with heele adapted to move along the ai af;iiwroinhe-1me grooves and pathway: and earn Ineane hetween the upper knitting cam groove and 'the non-knitting pathway adapted to be positioned to engage jack heels to either draw hem down from the Said pathway to the groove or to throw them up from the groove to the pathway.

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iper siile oi 'ie notom of the elmo-ort the en: eine tends to pre mini ille f2k the wip, the n wenn :um vwii mi@ -f are: f. "fr, on the por Wl on, The ;ol

hy the machine employing .sucylinders provided with maures. a lower non-i nittingj upper non-55" itiing pathway van:

groove and an about the up ne.; meridional-rung wicks pro- 'itt vided with heels adapted to move along the grooves and pathway; and cam means between the upper knitting cam groove and the non-knitting pathway adapted to be positioned to engage jack heels to either draw them down from the said pathway to the groove or to throw them up from the groove to the pathway, the Vupper heels of the jacks for hallz only of the circumference ot' the cylinder being long enough for engagement by the said cam means.

5S. ln a knitting machine employing suliariunliosed rotary cylinders provided with :dined vertical grooves, the combination with the lower cylinder of a surrounding fam wall provided with knitting cam grooves. a `lower non-knitting groove and an upper non-knitting pathway about the upper Cam groove; needle-carrying jacks and 'nontransferring needles provided with heels adapted to move along the grooves and pathway', and cam means between the per knitting cam groove and the non vtting pathway adapted to be positioned in ergage jack heels to either draw them down trom the said pathway to the groove or to throw them up from the groove to the livlay, the upper heels of the jacks and ,or t rar i "terring needles for halt only oi the circumference of the cylinder being l enough for engagement by the said illkns.

i. in a knitting machine employing superimposed rotary cylinders, the combination ot a lower cylinder' provided vwith vcrtical grooves; needle-carrying jacks slidablc in L id grooves each provided with two heels: a cam wall surrounding the cylinder provided with a lower non-knitting groove and an upper non-knitting pathway and a knitting cam groove for each heel of a Ajack i n part paralleling respectively the said nondmitting groove and pathway and each haiing double knitting cams; an inclined ram inoiable to and from a position to engage j ack heels and crossing the lower knitting groove and non-knitting groove adaptcrl to project the jacks above the normal non-knitting position; an inclined plane placed to engage the same heels as the said cam to leturn said jacks to the normal nonlrnitting position, a gap being formed in the pathway aforesaid to permit of the upwardmovementand return ofthe upper jack heels.

ln a knitting machine employing superimjiosed rotary cylinders, the combina tion of a lower cylinder provided with vertical grooves; needle-carrying jacks slid-able in said grooves each provided with two heels; a cam wall surrounding the cylinder provided with a lower non-.knitting groove and an upper non-knitting pathway and a knitting cam groove for each heel ot a jack in part parallelin g respectively the said nonknitting groove and pathway and each having double knitting cams; an inclined cam movable to and from a position to engage jack heels and crossing the lower knitting groove and noirknitting groove adapted to project the jacks above the normal nonknitting position; an inclined plane placed to engage the same heels as the said cam to return said jacks to the normal non-knitting position, a gap heilig formed in the pathway aforesaid to permit of the upward movement and return of the upper jack heels; cam means movable in said gap immediatcly forward of the knitting cams for directing the heels of jacks or needles from the knitting groove to the pathway and vice versa, the lower grooves below said cam means being in communication.

(l. In a knitting machine employing superimposed rotary cylinders, the combination of a lower cylinder provided with vertical grooves t'or needles and jacks provided each with two heels: a cam wall surrounding the ryliuder provided with a lower non-knitting groove. an upper non-knitting pathway and a knitting cam groove for each heel of a jack or needle in part paralleling the said noialmitting groove and pathway and each having double knitting cams. gaps being provided to form communications between the knitting' cam grooves and the non-knitting groove and pathway respectively, said gaps being located above the adjacent ends ot' the double cams; a pivoted gate in the upper gap adapted to swing from side to sido as contacted b v heels to direct them down omx or the other knitting cam; a dog having a notched end pivoted below the lower gap so as to swing from one of the lower knitting cams to the other. in either position the notch in its end lying in the path ot' heels passing toward the Yopposite ram. whereby a jack or needle` having its lower heel so engaging in the notch will be raised so that its upper heel is lifted past the pivoted gate through the upper gap to the level of the non-knitting pathway and its lower heel through the lower gap to the level of the non-knitting groove` 7. In a knitting machine employing superimposed rotary cylinders, the combination of a lower cylinder provided with vertical grooves for needles and jacks provided each with two heels; a cam wall surrounding the cylinder provided with a lower non-knitting groove. an upper non-knitting pathway and a knitting cam groove for each'heel of a jack or needle in part paralleling the said non-knitting groove and pathway and each having double 'knitting cams. gaps being provided to form communications between the lniitting` cam grooves and the non-knit ting groove and pathway respectively, said gaps being located above the adjacent ends ot the double cams; a pivoted gate in the upper gap adapted to swing troni side to side as contacted by heels to direct them down one or the other knitting` cam; a finger pivoted above the lower gap provided with a forked end of sufficient width to engage two heels at a time, said end being normally ainy Ve the non-knitting groove; and means whereby when the cylinder is oscillatingly rotated. the finger is partly rocked immediately following a change in the direction of motion to bring its lower end into the path of heels traveling in the noir-knit4` ting groove, the pressure of said heels continuing the rockin movement of the linger to move said heee towards the opposite lower knitting cani and the upper heels of the jacks or needles so moved into engagement with the pivoted gate so that said heels areguided down the corresponding upper knitting cam.

8. In a knitting machine employing superimposed rotary cylinders, the combination of a lower cylinder provided with vertical grooves for needles and jacks provided each with two heels; a cam wall surrounding the cylinder provided with a lower non-knitting groove, an upper non-knitting pathway and a knitting cam groove for each heel of a jack or needle in part paralleling the said non-knitting groove and pathway and each having double knitting cams, gaps being provided to form communications between the knitting cam grooves and the non-knit ting groove and pathway respectivelyx said gaps being located above the adjacent ends of the double cams; a pivoted gate in the upper gap adapted to swing from side to Side as contacted by heels to direct them down one or the other knitting cam; a dog having a notched end pivoted below the lower gap so as to swing from one ofsthe lower knitting cams to the other, in either position the notch in its end lying in the path of heels passing toward the opposite cam, whereby a jack or needle having its lower heel so engaging in t`he notch will be raised so that its upper heel Ais lifted past the pivoted gate through the upper gap to the level of the non-knitting,r pathway and its lower heel through the lower gap to the level of the non-knitting groove; and spring means tending to snap the dog to its limit of movement in either direction after it has been moved artway. i

9. In a knitting machine employing superimposed rotary cylinders, the combination of a lower cylinder provided with vertical grooves for needles and jacks provided eachz with two heels; a cani wall surrounding the cylinder provided with a lower nonknitting groove. an upper non-knitting pathway and a knitting cam groove for each heel of a jack or needle in part paralleling the said non-knitting groove and pathway and eaeh having double knitting cams, gaps being provided to form cominunications,between the knitting cam grooves and the non-knitting groove and pathway respectivelv, f-aid gaps being located above the adjacent enfle of the double cams; a pivoted gate in the upper gap adapted to swing from side to side as contacted by heels to direct them down one or the other knitting cani; a lin ger pivoted above the lower gap pimrided with a forked end of sutlicient width to engage two heels at a time, said end being normally above the non-knitting groove; and means whereby when the cylinder is: osoillatingly rotated, the finger is par rocked immediately following a change in .the direction of motion to bring its lower end into the path of heels traveling in the non-knitting groove, the pressure ot sail heels continuing the rocking movement ot the finger to move said heels toward the opposite lower knitting cam and the upper heels of the jacks or needles so moved into engagement with the pivoted gate so that said heels are guided down the corresimnil ing upper knitting cam; and spring means tending to snap the finger to its limit ot' movement in either direction after it han been moved part Way.

10. In a knitting machine employing snperimposed rotary cylinders, the combination of a lower cylinder provided with verl tical grooves for needles and jacks provided each with two heels; a cam wall sui-rounding the cylinder provided with a lower nonknitting groove; an upper nonknitting pathway and a knitting cam groove for each heel of a jack or needle in part paralleling the said non-knitting groove and pathway and each .having double knitting camsr` gaps being provided to fornl communications be tween the knitting cam grooves and the non` knitting groove and pathway respectively, said gaps being located above the adjacent ends ot the double cams; a pivoted gate in the upper gap adapted to swing from side to side as contacted by heels to direct them down one or the other knitting cam; a dog having a notched end pivoted below the lower gap so as to swing' from one of the lower knitting cams to the other, i eitlmposition the notch in its end lying in the path of heels passing toward the opposite cam, whereby a jack or\ needle having its lower heel so engaging in the notch will be. raised so that its upper heel is lifted past the pivoted gate through the upper gap to the level of the non-knittingpathway and its lower heel through the lower gap to the level of the non-knitting groove; al Finger plv oted above the lower gap provided with a forked end of sullicientwidth to engage two heels at a time, said end being normally above the non-knitting groove; and inea* it whereby when the cylinder is oseillati rotated, the linger is partly rocked diately following a change in the direction of motion to bring its lower end into the path of heels traveling in the non-knitting groove, ,the pressure of said heels continuing the rocking movement of the finger to move said heels toward the opposite lower knitting cam and the upper heels of the jacks or needles so moved into engagement with the pivoted gate so that said heels al'e guided down the corresponding upper knitting cam, the aforesaid dog having a gap formed in one side for the passage of heels.

11. In a knitting machine, the combination of a main shaft; a countershaft Vparallel thereto; two sprocketwheels loose on the countershaft each having a clutch member connected therewith; a clutch member on the countershaft intermediate the sprocket wheels rotatable with the shaft but slidable thereon; sprocket gearing between one of saidsprocket wheels and the main shaft; a sprocket chain engaged with the other sprocket wheel; an idler sprocket supporting said chain; a slotted cross bar transverse of the chain connected to one side thereof; guide rods on which said bar is supported; and a pip secured to a sprocket wheel of the gearing between the main shaft and the first mentioned sprocket wheel on the countershaft adapted to work in said cross bar; a vertical shaft geared to the countershaft; knitting cylinders geared to the vertical shaft; a cam drum suitably actuated; and means controlled by the cam drum for shifting the aforesaid sliding clutch member.

1:2. In a knitting machine,a countershaft; a vertical shaft geared thereto; knitting cylinders geared to said vertical shaft; two sprocket wheels loose on the countershaft; means for imparting a continuous rotary movement to one sprocket wheel; means for imparting oscillating rotary movement to the other sprocket wheel; a clutch member rotatable with the shaft but slidable therein between the two sprocket wheels; clutch members on said sprocket wheels with which said sliding clutch member may be engaged; a shifter suitably engaged with said sliding clutch membe l; a bar to which said shifter is secured, said bar being slidable on the frame parallel to the countershaft; two arms secured to the bar at different levels; a sleeve slidable on but rotatable with the vertical shaft and embraced by said arms; cam projections on said sleeve adapted by the raising and lowering of the sleeve to be brought into a position to engage either arm; a rocking lever adapted to shift said sleeve; and a cam drum adapted to actuate said lever.

13. In a knitting machine, the combination of a main driving shaft; two pulleys for driving the same; a sliding belt shifter for moving a belt from one pulley to another; two spring actuated plungers, nor-- mally retracted, and arried by said shifter: a slide movable on said shift; inclined planes on said plungers to project them and arranged so that movement of the slide in one direction project-s one plunger and movement of the slide in the opposite direction projects the other plunger; a rock. shaft; connections between the rock shaft and slide for operating the latter; a suitably actuated cam drum; means whereby the said drum rocks the said rock shaft alternately in opposite directions; a counterslfaft driven from the main shaft; and a cam secured to said shaft having inclined am faces formed thereon, one at each side, adapted to engage one of said plungers when projected to move the shifter in one direction and the other to move it in the other direction.

lSigned at Georgetown, Canada, this 11th day of July, 1916.

JOHN A. RUSH. 

